House Committee hears of read activities. Washington, D.C., Oct. 21. Edwin Hughes, a police captain at Flint, Mich. Told house investigators today that a man he knows as a Communist used a sound truck to incite rioting at Flint's Fisher Body Planet in 1937. He is shown as he appeared on the stand, 1

Michigan State cop testifies before the Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Oct. 22. Lt. Harold Mulber, of the Michigan State Police Force, who told the Dies Committee Investigating Un-American Activities about the "Labor Holiday" held in Lansing, Mich. Last year when police arrested eight pickets, 10

Appears before Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Oct. 21. Herman Lukrs, Chairman of the Joint Americanism Committee of the American Legion of Flint, Mich. who testified to Red activities in the recent strikes in the auto plants of Flint and vicinity, 10/21/38

Defends Chicago police in strike riot tactics. Washington, D.C., June 30. Testifying before the Civil Liberties Committee today, Capt. John C. Prendergast chief of the uniformed force of the Chicago police, defended the tactics used by his men last May 30 when ten marching strikers were killed at th

In spotlight at civil liberties hearing. Washington, D.C., July 2. "We're going to keep this plant open whether you like it or not", Chicago Police told John B. Riffe, C.I.O. organizer, according to this testimony before the Senate Civil Liberties Committee today. He told of going to the Reublic Ste

Struck strikers in self-defense. Washington, D.C., Aug. 8. Lieut. Ira Q. Doverspike of Republic Steel police, testifying before the Senate Civil Liberties Committee today, admitted he drew his gun and used a blackjack on the strikers but did it in self defense. His version differed from that of the

First sit down strike in U.S. traced to Reds. Washington, D.C., Oct. 19. Clyde Morrow, an employee of the Ford Motor Co. in Detroit, told the House Committee on Un-American Activities that Communists engineered the first sit-down strike in Michigan--at the Midland Steel Co. Plant in 1936. Morrow, wh

Before Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. Frederick C. Phillips, whom National Maritime Union officials say was suspended from their union in May 1939, described to the Dies Committee today what he alleged to be communistic actions in the NMU. Phillips was formerly Secretary of the Atlantic D

Murphy tells his side of strike controversy. Washington, D.C., Jan. 13. Attorney General Frank Murphy sat before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary this afternoon and in a voice almost inaudible to those nearby, read his statement regarding his side of the sit-down strikes in Detroit's motor indu